TRIBUTE
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The Directors Guild of America will present a tribute to former DGA president Franklin Schaffner at 6 p.m. today in the Directors Guild Theater in Hollywood. Schaffner died July 2 from cancer at age 69. DGA president Arthur Hiller will conduct today’s memorial and speakers will include Patricia Berry, Fielder Cook, Gordon Davidson, Jean Firstenberg, Charlton Heston, Fay Kanin, Karl Malden and George Schaefer. Excerpts from Schaffner’s long career in television and films will be shown.
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